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Im sure someone like Kaspersky Labs would be more than welcome to buy his stuff at a market value.

at the same time I wonder if crazy US agencies wouldnt call for treason charges after Kaspersky discovery of an implant, or even before, or even claiming his equipment is federal property now like in the case of GPS trackers.

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Can there be treason if they sell it to a non-USA security research company?

>Can there be treason if they sell it to a non-USA security research company?

I'm going to say "yes", since it seems that simple accusations of treason are enough to declare, say, a whistle-blower to be a traitor.

In the end, you're effectively a traitor when someone with sufficient power says you are.

But if it is treason, wouldn’t it be an open admission that the device was tampered with?

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